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               My grandfather (Papa) turned ninety-three yesterday.                All my life, he’s always been there.  He took me fishing.  He took me hunting.  He came to my sports games when Granny told him they were going and that the farm work would have to wait.                Coming back to the farm, he was always there—helping […]

               “Coach, I read your book!” a little voice calls out to me during water break at practice.                I’m caught off-guard.                “You read my book!?” I answer back surprised.  “Where’d you find that?”                “In the library,” he answers simple.                “At your school?”                “Yeah.”                “Well, that is cool!”                I […]

        I believe a blessing is near.         Why?         Because the devil intervened, broke me from a state of peace toward anger and brach decision—one made in emotion and haste of moment denied discernment and time to pray.         But I prayed still.  Anger passed, and the […]

        I sit on the porch as the rain falls down.  Soft of the fall speeds and loudens as wave of stronger reaches; thunder high, no lightning flash, all hidden in the clouds; sound of the rain on lawn, on leaves and gravel road before; metallic strike to gutters above and patter run from […]

        I sit in the top row of bleachers watching our town’s third grade football team.  Owen’s team isn’t playing today, but he wanted to go to the field.  I brought a book (e-book) and read as, rather than watch the game, he plays with his friends that are there.           This is […]

GENEROSITY                “Do you want the rest of my cereal?” my youngest son asks.                “I do!” I answer.                Every meal, he always leaves a bite.  Every  meal, I gladly finish his plate.                We both know that it’s a game, that if he leaves a bite and I eat it, he is freed […]